Chapter 8

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A blood curdling scream tries to escape my lips but only a muffled one was revealed. Sadness crept over my face as I looked at Peeta. His face was covered with Crimson red, gaping holes. It made me want to be sick. I bent over and let the contents of my stomach spread loose on the ground. Bunches of laughter surrounded me.

"Katniss... Run!" Peeta mouthed to me after I had wiped my thin lips. I scrambled to my feet and ran towards him. I hoisted him up onto my shoulder and ran behind Haymitch's tree. The rope fell to the ground and he scrambled to his feet.

Thunder. Everything that surrounded me sounded like thunder. My ears burned from all of the noise. Haymitch was yelling at me to keep running but my feet were giving out from underneath of me. I stumbled with every step I took. My body collapsed onto the ground and Peeta fell on top of me. His body was unresponsive to any movement or word said or done.

I let out a high pitched scream as hair was ripped from my scalp. My vision be and blurry as I was dragged back by the hair. The last thing I saw was a little girl tied to a tree before everything went black.

Peeta POV

Shrill screams filled the air as Katniss was dragged backwards by her hair. I crawled along the ground, leaves crunching with every move I made from beneath me. My body collapsed onto a nearby tree just in time to see Katniss pass out. Her line of vision guided me to a small girl tied to a tree. Her mouth was gagged with a small, orange cloth that dug into the back of her neck. her epidermis was heavily scarred and wounded. A thick layer of hair swooped over her face before I could decipher who it was.

My arms wrapped around one of the men's neck and strangled him to the point where he fell to unconsciousness. Same with the others. Their bodies lay limply on the ground as I struggled to shake Katniss back to consciousness. Her eyes fluttered open, one after another and her plump lips made a transition from a line to a large, toothy, kind smile.

Haymitch POV

I scrambled to my feet and ran to the clearing. Peeta was helping Katniss to her feet and glancing over at a large oak tree. My head turned towards a small girl and my body followed. Before I could protest, I was cutting her rope loose. She fell to the ground and moaned in pain. I lifted her up and moved the hair from her face.

"Umm... Katniss?" I stuttered.

Quick Katniss POV

"Prim?!?!?!"

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